Importance of Human Variation Since the origin of social civilizations, ideologies regarding race have been in play. Such ideologies include the construct of racial variation. This construct has been engrained in our societal interactions and beliefs for so long it is difficult to break the mold. However, racial variation in human beings is important only because we think it is. To us racial variation is a reality, although it has no biological structure. It holds importance just as substantial as any other concept we believe to be true in our culture, if not more. The saying that racial variation is simply important because we as humans believe it to be emphasizes the importance of social ideologies and the world we have created to cater
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In 2007 a report found that racial minority groups “make up 58 percent of America 's 10.6 million low-income working families, yet make up only 40 percent of the 32.6 million working families overall in the United States” (Whitman 2015). This quote explains how unfair our society truly is, it favors the elitist majority group, and it does not help the minority groups that are underneath it. Each minority group is at unfair advantage when it comes to employment but each job, each corporation favors the white race. Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and every other race have to fight for their job position it does not matter how good they are or how talented they may be at their jobs. It only matters what color their skin is, if an Asian male applies for a job and a Caucasian male applies for the same job the person that is practicing the interview and the person in charge of hiring the employees will favor the Caucasian male, the reason being because the Caucasian male has white skin while the Asian male has darker skin pigmentation, this goes back to this idea of our social construction of race and how it favors the white majority race. This also pertains to the book The Namesake Gogol has become distant from his parents and he is dating this young woman named Maxine. Maxine is a Caucasian female who comes from a very affluent family; Maxine and her parents take Gogol into their family and show him the benefits of white privilege and being very wealthy. Gogol soon wonders why his parents could not provide this for him how come his parents did not provide him fancy parties or have expensive items around the house. The reason goes back to this idea of societal inequality and how it is constructed to favor the white majority race. The reason why Gogol’s parents could not give him expensive items is
In 2007 a report found that racial minority groups “make up 58 percent of America 's 10.6 million low-income working families, yet make up only 40 percent of the 32.6 million working families overall in the United States” (Whitman 2015). This quote explains how unfair our society truly is, it favors the elitist majority group, and it does not help the minority groups that are underneath it. Each minority group is at unfair advantage when it comes to employment but each job, each corporation favors the white race. Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and every other race have to fight for their job position it does not matter how good they are or how talented they may be at their jobs. It only matters what color their skin is, if an Asian male applies for a job and a Caucasian male applies for the same job the person that is practicing the interview and the person in charge of hiring the employees will favor the Caucasian male, the reason being because the Caucasian male has white skin while the Asian male has darker skin pigmentation, this goes back to this idea of our social construction of race and how it favors the white majority race. This also pertains to the book The Namesake Gogol has become distant from his parents and he is dating this young woman named Maxine. Maxine is a Caucasian female who comes from a very affluent family; Maxine and her parents take Gogol into their family and show him the benefits of white privilege and being very wealthy. Gogol soon wonders why his parents could not provide this for him how come his parents did not provide him fancy parties or have expensive items around the house. The reason goes back to this idea of societal inequality and how it is constructed to favor the white majority race. The reason why Gogol’s parents could not give him expensive items is